Housing sales see minimal fluctuation in the Bulkley Valley, Lakes District

Bulkley Valley and Lakes District housing sales for to end the third quarter are about on par with last year.

That’s according to new data from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board as of September 30th.

In Smithers, 132 properties have changed hands which was only two more than last year.

The total worth also went up from $68.5 million to $72 million.

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Included were 52 single family homes, 16 pieces of vacant land, 29 acreage homes, and 12 manufactured homes.

Remaining on the market were 98 properties.

Houston saw a slight drop in the number of properties sold from 51 in 2024 to 46 while the total worth went up by $100,000 to $13.5 million.

Still on the market were 37 properties of various types.

Three more properties were sold in Burns Lake this year compared to last at 50 with 62 still on the market.

The total value of properties sold by this time last year was $12.7 million compared to $16 million this year.

In the Hazelton area, 31 properties worth $9.1 million in total were sold compared to 17 last year worth $5.6 million.

There, 28 properties remained on the market.

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Logan Flint
Logan Flint
Logan is the News Reporter and Afternoon News Anchor for The Moose in Smithers, covering stories from Burns Lake to Hazelton along Highway 16. Born and raised in Smithers, he's grown up around radio and has spent time as an on-air announcer for the station's afternoon and morning shows.

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